21-48   Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Region (2006)
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Region	Number of				Number of
	Patents	Inventions		Designs	Patents	Inventions		Designs
	Application		Utility		Application		Utility
	Accepted		Models		Granted		Models
National Total	470342	122318	159997	188027	223860	25077	106312	92471
Beijing	26555	14226	8200	4129	11238	3864	5490	1884
Tianjin	13299	4981	4184	4134	4159	967	2164	1028
Hebei	7220	1597	3894	1729	4131	407	2699	1025
Shanxi	2824	965	1341	518	1421	314	890	217
Inner Mongolia	1946	430	915	601	978	108	543	327
Liaoning	17052	4368	8594	4090	7399	1063	5277	1059
Jilin	4578	1335	2241	1002	2319	449	1466	404
Heilongjiang	6535	1911	3418	1206	3622	565	2488	569
Shanghai	36042	12050	9881	14111	16602	2644	6739	7219
Jiangsu	53267	10214	13386	29667	19352	1631	8849	8872
Zhejiang	52980	8333	15940	28707	30968	1424	10503	19041
Anhui	4679	1274	2083	1322	2235	272	1308	655
Fujian	10351	1437	3445	5469	6412	310	2578	3524
Jiangxi	3171	823	1551	797	1536	157	896	483
Shandong	38284	7237	15583	15464	15937	1092	10389	4456
Henan	11538	2404	5376	3758	5242	450	3260	1532
Hubei	14576	2827	5745	6004	4734	855	3031	848
Hunan	10249	3578	4142	2529	5608	581	2540	2487
Guangdong	90886	21351	23886	45649	43516	2441	15644	25431
Guangxi	2784	679	1381	724	1442	183	803	456
Hainan	538	246	158	134	248	39	103	106
Chongqing	6471	1204	2591	2676	4590	246	1935	2409
Sichuan	13109	2930	4401	5778	7138	676	2644	3818
Guizhou	2674	923	1220	531	1337	188	862	287
Yunnan	3085	1005	1076	1004	1637	355	689	593
Tibet	89	21	21	47	81	7	15	59
Shaanxi	5717	1815	2166	1736	2473	602	1443	428
Gansu	1460	550	663	247	832	145	514	173
Qinghai	325	79	98	148	97	30	45	22
Ningxia	671	172	245	254	290	64	142	84
Xinjiang	2256	381	1166	709	1187	107	805	275
Hong Kong	2623	563	594	1466	1881	148	502	1231
Macao	12	2	7	3	15	0	9	6
Taiwan	22496	10407	10405	1684	13203	2693	9047	1463